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  2. Einstein notation - Wikipedia

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    Einstein notation can be applied in slightly different ways. Typically, each index occurs once in an upper (superscript) and once in a lower (subscript) position in a term; however, the convention can be applied more generally to any repeated indices within a term. [2]

  3. Raising and lowering indices - Wikipedia

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    Concretely, in the case where the vector space has an inner product, in matrix notation these can be thought of as row vectors, which give a number when applied to column vectors. We denote this by V ∗ := Hom ( V , K ) {\displaystyle V^{*}:={\text{Hom}}(V,K)} , so that α ∈ V ∗ {\displaystyle \alpha \in V^{*}} is a linear map α : V → K ...

  4. Einstein coefficients - Wikipedia

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    The value of A and B coefficients can be calculated using quantum mechanics where dipole approximations in time dependent perturbation theory is used. While the calculation of B coefficient can be done easily, that of A coefficient requires using results of second quantization. This is because the theory developed by dipole approximation and ...

  5. Covariance and contravariance of vectors - Wikipedia

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    In Einstein notation (implicit summation over repeated index), contravariant components are denoted with upper indices as in = A covector or cotangent vector has components that co-vary with a change of basis in the corresponding (initial) vector space. That is, the components must be transformed by the same matrix as the change of basis matrix ...

  6. Ricci calculus - Wikipedia

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    Each index has one possible value per dimension of the underlying vector space. The number of indices equals the degree (or order) of the tensor. For compactness and convenience, the Ricci calculus incorporates Einstein notation, which implies summation over indices repeated within a term and universal quantification over free indices ...

  7. Glossary of tensor theory - Wikipedia

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    Einstein notation This notation is based on the understanding that whenever a multidimensional array contains a repeated index letter, the default interpretation is that the product is summed over all permitted values of the index. For example, if a ij is a matrix, then under this convention a ii is its trace. The Einstein convention is widely ...

  8. Photon - Wikipedia

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    For the reverse process, there are two possibilities: spontaneous emission of a photon, or the emission of a photon initiated by the interaction of the atom with a passing photon and the return of the atom to the lower-energy state. Following Einstein's approach, the corresponding rate for the emission of photons of frequency and transition ...

  9. Tensor contraction - Wikipedia

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    In multilinear algebra, a tensor contraction is an operation on a tensor that arises from the canonical pairing of a vector space and its dual.In components, it is expressed as a sum of products of scalar components of the tensor(s) caused by applying the summation convention to a pair of dummy indices that are bound to each other in an expression.